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WVILLIAM N. BEARDSLEY AND SAMUEL A. NORTH, OF BRIDGEPORT,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO MARCELLUS HARTLEY AND MAL- COLM GRAHAM, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,467, dated February22, 1898.

Application filed November 19, 1895. Serial No. 569,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM N. BEARDS- LEY and SAMUEL A. NORTH,citizens of the United States, and residents of Bridgeport, in thecounty of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bicycle-Lanterns, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in bicycle-lanterns; anditconsists of certain details of construction to be more fully set forthin the following specification, and such features believed to be newparticularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others to understand the invention, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a side elevationof the lantern attached to a section of the head of a bicycle. Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the lantern with the lens-door in open position,show ing the interior and broken view of the lamp. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection through line 0000 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrowa,with the reflector removed. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the reflectoras it would appear looking in the direction of arrow 1) of Fig. 2. Fig.5 is a detail view and side elevation of the bracketclamp for supportingthe lantern to the bicycle-head. Fig. 6 is a detail view of thebracketclamp looking in the direction of arrow 0 of Fig. 5, showing alsothe bicycle-head in dotted position and the side clamping-plates of thelantern. Fig. 7 is an upper broken plan view of the lamp. Fig. 8 is adetail view through line y y of Fig. 7 of the wick-regulating stem andclamp for binding the same against rotation. Fig. 9 is a detailsectional View of the lens, door, and reflector therefor. Fig. 10 is anupper plan view of the air-chamber, showing a circular opening in theupper surface thereof and a notch to admit the catch of the removablehood.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

1 is the circular body portion of the lantern.

2 is a base-piece forming an air-chamber, whose circular face isattached to the lower part of the body by the screws 3, and it isprovided with the necessary draft-holes in each side thereof. This basealso supports the lamp 4 by means of the bracket 5 and spring 6,engaging the under side of the beading 43.

7 is a circular projection or dam surrounding the base of the wick-tube8 (see Figs. 2 and 7) for the purpose of collecting the surplus oildrawn up such tube and flowing down the outside, and 9 are holes in theupper surface of the burner to enable such oil to fall back into thereservoir of the lamp.

10 (see Fig. 7) is a spring-clamp mounted on the screw 11, whose freeends partially encircle the wick-controlling stem 12, exerting a tensionthereon by means of the adjustingscrew 13. This feature will operate toprevent the accidental jarring down of the lampwick.

14 is an air-chamber attached to the top of the lantern-body by screws15, the sides of which chamber have the perforations 1 L for theadmission of cold air. 16 are air-holes leading from the interior ofthis chamber to the lantern.

17 isa draft-tube or chimney rising from the upper surface of thelantern-body and is attached thereto by screws 18. This tube projectsthrough the air-chamber 14; and is surrounded by the hood-ventilator 19,Whose perforations 19 admit the air necessary for products of combustionto escape. To maintain the proper amount of air necessary for combustionand to prevent a too copious flow of outer air rushing in to put out thelight, the upper end of the tube or chimney is cut out, so as to formthe flexible points 17, by which the size of the openings 17 maybeincreased or diminished. The hood 19 is removably attached to the uppersurface of the chamber let by means of the catches 19 e11- gaging theunder side of such surface, one of which catches is first inserted intothe annular opening 20 between the upper surface of the air-chamber 14and the tube 17, whereupon the opposite catch is dropped through thenotch in such upper surface, as seen more clearly at Fig. 10, and thehood 19 is turned until such catch is also brought against the underside of such upper surface.

21, Figs. 2 and 3, is a cone-shaped tube projecting within thelanternbody, whose interior walls 21 are preferably roughened orcorrugated sufficiently to ignite a match. This device is particularlyuseful for lighting the lamp out of doors, especially when the wind isblowing.

22 is a glass door which is first opened, as shown, and the match A iscrowded against the rough surface of the tube 21 and ignited in itsforward movement toward the lamp. 23 is a similar glass door on theopposite side of the lantern-body, but does not open.

24 is the back reflector and is made removable for the purpose ofcleaning.

25 is a loop formed in a piece of wire and serves as the handle, thebranches 25 of which (see Figs. 2 and 4) are bent at right angles to thehandle and are firmly secured to the back of the reflector by means ofthe projections 26, while the free ends 25 are bent parallel to the saidhandle. On the rear wall of the lantern (see Fig. 3) are located theproj ections 27, under which the hook-like ends 25 are placed,whereuponthe handle 25 is forced laterally against the spring-arms 28, therebyretaining the reflector firmly in position, from which it can easily beremoved by simply reversing the operation.

29 is a sheet-metal bracket (see Figs. 1, 5, and 6) having the ears 30,whose outer faces are corrugated for the purpose presently to bedescribed. 31 are four other rearwardlyprojecting ears, through whichextend the pins 32 and 33. To the former is pivoted the swinging clamp34, whose free end is looked around the latter of said pins. Areinforcepiece 35 is preferably attached to the inner face of thisclamp, which, with the interiorlythreaded projection 36, forms athreaded support for the adj Listing-screw 37, whose rotatable head 38is adapted to secure the lantern to the bicycle-head 39. The squaresocket 37 is provided in the outer end of this adjusting-screw toreceive the squared end of a key, (not shown,) by which such screw isadj usted toand-from the bicycle-head.

4O 40, Figs. 1 and 6, are side plates whose ends are pivotally securedto the links 41 41 of the lantern. The inner faces of the circularportion of these plates are corrugated to engage the corrugated faces ofthe ears 30 30 of the frame or bracket 29. 41* is a bolt which extendsthrough both of said plates and ears and also through the sleeve 42,andits threaded end has the adjusting-nut 43 mounted thereon. The objectand purpose of the corrugated faces before mentioned is to locate theposition of the lantern with respect to the bicycle-head. Vhen,therefore, it is desired to depress or elevate the lantern, the nut 41is loosened sufficient to permit the corrugated faces of the plates andears 30 to pass each other when the nut is firmly screwed up, and suchcorrugated surfaces will effectually prevent the position of the lanternbeing changed by the jolting of the bicycle.

The door 44, Figs. 1, 2, and 9, has attached to its inner face thelens-reflector 45, so that when the said door is open the reflector isremoved from the lantern, thus giving an opportunity for the operator toobtain a full view of the interior without first having to remove thereflector, which is usually put in as a separate attachment,while suchreflector or lens 45 can be readily cleaned.

Having thus described our invention,what, therefore, we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A detachable reflector for lanterns, of the character described,consisting of handle 25, right-angle arms 25 secured to the back of thereflector, engaging points 25 parallel with such handle, combined withprojections 27 of the lantern and spring-arms 28 to engage the saidhandle, for the purpose described.

2. In a bicycle-lantern, a bracket adapted to secure the lantern in anadjusted vertical position, consisting of cars, and means for connectingsuch ears with the lantern so that such lantern may be secured in anyposition within its vertical range, ears projecting rearwardly of suchbracket and adapted to be supported against a bicycle, supporting-pinsthrough such ears, a clamp pivoted to one of said ears and adapted toengage and lock against the other of said pins, an interiorlythreadedprojection in the central portion of said clamp, a clamping-screwengaging therewith and means substantially as shown for operating suchscrew for the purpose described and set forth.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, this 14th day of November, A. D. 1895.

WVILLIAM N. BEARDSLEY. SAMUEL A. NORTH.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. PHILLIPS, L. M. SLADE.

